Rug holding means



Dec. 5, 1950 J. B. FRAZELLE 2,532,703

RUG HOLDING MEANS Filed May 19, 1947 /5 3 INVENTOR. l7 I4 145/ Fraze/Ze Patented Dec. 5, 1950 RUG HOLDING MEANS Jay B. Frazelle, Manhattan Beach, Calif., as-

. signor to Wallace D. Chewning, Santa Monica,

Calif.

Application May 19, 1947, Serial No. 749,112

2 Claims.

Among the salient objects of the invention are:v

toprovide a holding frame of thin, flexible steel or other resilient material, with means for detachably afiixing it to the four corners of a ru and adjusting it so that it will hold the rug stretched to its full size, and at the same time prevent the rug from slipping on the floor; to provide in a device of the character referred to a combination attaching means and a non-slip means, all being so flat, flexible and compact that it is not noticeable when one walks on the rug; to provide a frame of thin, flexible material, with frictional connecting and holding means for adjusting the frame to rugs of different sizes; and in general, to provide a simple, practical and economical rug holding means of the character referred to.

In order to describe my invention, I have shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings a rug with my rug holding means applied thereto, which I will now describe.

Figure l is an under-side elevation of a rug with my rug holding means applied thereto;

Figure 2 is an under-side elevation of one of the attaching elements, with a short piece of the frame projecting therefrom;

Figure 3 is a plan view of said attaching elements, with a short piece of the frame shown in place therein;

Figure 4 is a plan view of said attaching element with the frame member removed and the attaching prongs opened;

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view through one of said attaching and holding elements, taken on line 55 of Fig. 3;

Figure 6 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; and

Figure '7 is a sectional view taken on the line 1-! of Fig. 1. V

Referring now in detail to the drawings, R indicates the outline of the under-side of a rug with my invention applied thereto.

My invention includes a holding frame having two arms 8, 8, pivotally attached to a friction member 9, and two arms l0, l0, pivotally attached to the opposite ends of another friction member ll, similar to the member 9, and shown in sectional view in Fig. 7.

Said friction members 9 and II are slidable, under friction, on the opposite ends of a jointed connecting member 12, pivotally connected, as at 2 I3. Said friction members 9 and II have their bottom members curved or bowed in cross section, as seen in Fig. 7, and said frame members are also bowed in their middle portion, in cross section, with their outer edges also slightly bent, as indicated, whereby to fit snugly and frictionally held in said friction members with which said arms 8, 8, and I0, ID, are pivotally connected.

My non-slip attaching means for the outer ends of said arms is shown in Figs. 2 to 6 inclusive, and includes a disc-like member of rubher or. other flexible material, designated I4, having the annular flange-like portion [5, out in places, as at Hi, whereby when said disc is placed on the floor, the edge portions, being thin and flexible, will bend and not slip, as they are flattened when'any weight is placed upon them. Some of these discs are provided on top with a thin metal member I1, having the slideway formed thereon by turning the opposite sides over upon it, as shown, with the struck-up attaching prong ill, for attaching the metal member I? to the rug or flexible member R and the hinge fold I9, for pivotally holding a U-shaped prong member 29, shown in open position in Fig. 4, to be inserted through the rug and returned to receive the metal member i1 thereupon, and to receive the end of an arm B,,inserted in the slideway of said metal member, and frictionally held therein, as seen in Fig. 3, thus locking the prongs between said member I1 and the end of the arm inserted therein, as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6, which are enlarged views to give better showing of the arrangement of these members.

Thus said holding and non-slip elements are shown at the four corners of the rug, to receive the ends of the four arms 8, 8, and Ill, In, said elements being attached to the rug by means of the hinged sharp prongs, which are locked in closed position by the inserted ends of said arms, as before described. The discs I4 are of substantially the size indicated in Figs. 2, 3 and l, and lie flat upon the floor, in the manner indicated, with their sharp edges flattened sufficiently that their middle or central portions engage the floor when any weight is placed thereupon, thus insuring non-slip function.

I have shown some of these discs, without the metal member ii and the arms connected therewith. These are designated 2|, 2|, and are used simply to prevent slipping of the rug at the sides and ends, as will be understood from the underside view of the rug in Fig. 1.

These holding and attaching disc-like members are eificient because of their sharp edges, or flange-like portions and the flexibility of the top or central portion thereof. Each disc has the cut-out segment, as at M, as clearly indicated The cut-out segment in the member l1 facilitates the insertion of the end of the arm 8, as seen in Fig. 3.

I am aware that changes in the details of construction and arrangement can be made in the showing here made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore, limit the invention to these details, lex epffi :as I may be limited by the hereto appended claims.

I claim:

1. A fastening means adapted for use with a rug-holding frame and consisting of a disc-like member of flexible material with an annular 1 flange-like portion adapted to engage the floor, a thin metal member, shaped to form a sli'deway, secured to said disc-like member and adapted to slidably receive the end portion of a frame member, a prong pivoted at one of its ends to said metal member in a position such that its distal end is adapted to extend into said slideway, said distal end being adapted to be thrust through a rug and be positioned between the end portion of the frame member and said slideway when said frame is i-n-said-slideway, whereby to attach said disc-like member and the end of said frame member to therug.

2. A fastening means adapted for use with a rug holding frame and consisting of a disc-like member of flexible material with an annular flange-like portion adapted to engage the floor, a

4 thin metal member secured to the back of said disc-like member and bent to form a slidewa'y to siidably receive the end of a frame member, a U-shaped attaching prong pivotally secured at its base to said thin metal member in a position such that its legs are adapted to extend into said slideway, said legs being bulged adjacent said base so as to facilitate their insertion through a portion of the under side of a rug, the free ends of said prongs being adapted to rest in said slideway, and between the end portion of said frame grieinber and said slideway when said frame memher is in said slideway, whereby said disc-like member, said thin metal member and the end of said framemem ber are secured to the underside of a rug.

JAY B. FRAZELLE.

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